Music and the Brain

A podcast by Library of Congress

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18 Episodes

  1. Music as Medicine

    Published: 5/23/2011
  2. The Future of Music

    Published: 5/23/2011
  3. Music Therapy, Alzheimer's and Post-Traumatic Stress

    Published: 2/15/2011
  4. Music and Grief

    Published: 11/30/2010
  5. Wellness and Growth: Acoustic Medicine and Music Therapy

    Published: 9/10/2010
  6. The Positive Effects of Music Therapy on Health

    Published: 4/29/2010
  7. Music, Memories, and the Brain

    Published: 4/29/2010
  8. Why Do Listeners Enjoy Music that Makes Them Weep?

    Published: 4/29/2010
  9. Making Music Changes Brains

    Published: 4/29/2010
  10. States of Mind: Music in Islamic Sufi Rituals

    Published: 1/22/2010
  11. Trance Formation: Music, Trance, Religious Experience, and the Brain

    Published: 1/22/2010
  12. Wednesday Is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia

    Published: 12/1/2009
  13. The Mind of the Artist

    Published: 12/1/2009
  14. "Halt or I'll Play Vivaldi! Classical Music as Crime Stopper"

    Published: 4/17/2009
  15. From Mode to Emotion in Musical Communication

    Published: 3/27/2009
  16. Dangerous Music

    Published: 1/29/2009
  17. The Music of Language and the Language of Music.

    Published: 12/29/2008
  18. The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature.

    Published: 12/17/2008

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The Library's Music and the Brain events offer lectures, conversations and symposia about the explosion of new research at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and music. Project chair Kay Redfield Jamison convenes scientists and scholars, composers, performers, theorists, physicians, psychologists, and other experts at the Library for a compelling 2-year series, with generous support from the Dana Foundation.